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The PalmSource / Orange Smartphone Application Contest
Read about the contest winners and view details and screenshots of their fantastic applications.
Congratulations to the overall winner of the PalmSource / Orange Smartphone contest - Scott Corley from Red Mercury, with an application called 'Puppyshu', who received his Segway at Orange Code Camp.
Congratulations also to the 4 category winners (Localization, Best Use of Wireless Network for Stand-Alone Application, Most Innovative Use of Data Network, Best Phone Utility) who each won a Palm Treo 600 and a ride of the Segway.
What was the contest all about?
It was an opportunity for developers to build and propose innovative applications to be optimised for use on a Treo 600, and was open to any Code Camp attendee who was also a PalmSource registered developer.
The contest participants all received on-the-spot technical support and assistance from PalmSource and Orange at Code Camp.
View the winning applications ....
Category: Best Overall Application
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Puppyshu
Developer: Red Mercury (US)
Contact: Scott Corely
Scott@red-mercury.com
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Puppyshu is the first Red Mercury PBG (Puppy-Based Game). Puppies compete in one-on-one trick-based battles. Six opponents are included with Puppyshu, and other opponents can be challenged over the air from any Palm OS smartphone. The hopelessly addictive Puppyshu features high resolution, full color graphics, and digitized sound effects. Click below for a special pre-release demo version of Puppyshu and go to:
http://red-mercury.com/puppyshu for more information.
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 Category: Localization |
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Fun SMS 4 Treo 600
Developer: Fun Communications GmbH (Germany)
Contact: Klaus Nahr,
Klaus.Nahr@fun.de
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The text messages manager funSMS 4 Treo 600 GSM makes sending and managing text messages more simple and convenient than ever before. Users of a palmOne Treo 600 can benefit from the high performance of funSMS 4 by substituting it for the basic SMS application supplied by the device. |
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Category: Best Use of Wireless Network for Stand-Alone Application
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Codewords
Developer: Astraware Ltd. (UK)
Contact: Haemish Graham, haemish@astraware.com
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Codewords is a new brain puzzler from Astraware that tests word mastery to new limits. Given a single three letter clue word you must use wit and intelligence to deduce which numbers correspond to which letters in order to fill in the game board. Puzzles are generated on the fly from a central server so each game guarantees a fresh challenge with the option to compete with other players to be the first to complete a special daily puzzle. Sign up to be notified when Codewords will be released www.astraware.com/codewords |
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Category: Most Innovative Use of Data Network
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iPedia
Developer: ArsLexis (US)
Contact: Krzysztof Kowalczyk, kjk@arslexis.com
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iPedia is a wireless English encyclopedia of unparallel size. Currently it provides 350 thousand of articles on a wide variety of topics. The content is constantly being updated and expanded, making iPedia an invaluable, up-to-date, mobile educational resource. |
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Category: Best Phone Utility
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Ringo Pro
Developer: Electric Pocket (UK)
Contact: Iain Barclay, iain@electricpocket.com
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Ringo Pro adds MP3 ringtones to the Treo 600 and enables personal tones and pictures for friends and caller groups. Bring your Treo to life with your favorite tunes as ringtones, or compose a fresh new tone with Ringo's unique Ringtone Mixer. |
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Steve Glagow from Orange Partner and Doug MacMillan from PalmSource on stage at Code Camp admiring the Segway Human Transporter.
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